ATLANTA, Georgia, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - March 2024": * * * Prices in the South up 0.4 percent in March and 3.8 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 11 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a seven-state coalition in filing suit against the Biden administration's latest lawless student loan plan, which will cost taxpayers an estimated $475 billion overall. "Despite the Court having already settled this issue, the Biden administration continues to brazenly violate the law," said Carr. "Georgia taxpayers have made it clear that they know it's w  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden's electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden's most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, he is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden's illegal boost to electric vehicles hurts car owners, car manufactu  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 11 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Alleging artificially inflated natural gas prices that preyed on Oklahomans in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, Attorney General Gentner Drummond today filed litigation against Enable entities (ET Gathering & Processing successor by merger to Enable Midstream Partners, Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, Enable Gas Transmission and Enable Energy Resources) and S  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 11 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: With a legacy of dedicated service and significant legislative achievements, Senator Chris Kidd, R-Waurika, has announced his intention not to seek reelection and retire from the Oklahoma Senate in November, at the end of his current term. Senator Kidd, a fifth-generation Oklahoman with deep roots in the state's agricultural community, leaves behind a record of impactful legislation and community d  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 11 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, commented on his decision to cancel Wednesday's Senate Appropriations Committee meeting. "The Senate is committed to meeting the needs of all Oklahomans, and my colleagues and I have vowed to do that through an open and transparent budget process," Thompson said. "The Senate has released its proposed state budget for everyone to see. It's time for t  more